Use of Learning Analytics in China

This chapter per the authors examines the feasibility of a learning analytics tool in the Chinese Higher Institutions educational environment. At first, the general definition of learning analytics is examined. Additionally, the authors shed light on case studies of universities that have already implemented learning analytics. Moreover, the Chinese educational environment is examined through a thorough analysis of the learning analytics necessity. Based on the literature review, a learning analytics tool is proposed. In a technical basis, the tool is a combination of ELLI or Effective Lifelong Learning Inventory, a dispositional learning analytics tool and a recommender system. The ultimate function of the tool is that it links students with a specific educational profile with successful students with similar profiles. Finally, the author identified the key limitations of the prototype and performed a general analysis on the tools goals and expectations in the Chinese Higher Education Institutions.

China's Belt and Road Initiative

China's multibillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a common fixture on the radar of policymakers and researchers because of the massive financial investment it involves and the economic opportunities it provides disadvantaged Eurasian states. BRI promises fast-track infrastructural development, transnational connectivity, and unimpeded trade. It predicates economic growth in developing countries on the shared development model. However, BRI has also engendered sensitive economic and security challenges. The Islamic world embraces BRI even as China's engagement there poses critical challenges to its foreign policy. This chapter highlights key markers on the landscape of BRI projects in the Islamic world and presents their implications for China's foreign policy. It also provides useful policy guidelines for a more effective implementation of BRI-related projects, thereby protecting China from possible conflict with regional and global powers.

Literature Survey on the “Belt and Road” Initiative

The purpose of this chapter is to analyze some peer-reviewed publications to find out the key research journals, contents, and emerging issues of the “B&R” Initiative led by China. Based on the tools and techniques of bibliometric approach, a total of 210 research papers were extracted systematically from the Scopus, Science Direct, and the Web of Science databases. The research methods integrated in this chapters are systematic literature review, bibliometric citation, authorships and affiliations, and contents analyses. This chapter argues that there are growing academic interests and attentions in the B&R research across the world. The principal reasons for the increase in research with regard to the B&R Initiative are the appearance of publications in prestigious journals, the global economic rise of China and its model of development, and the policy priorities of the government of China. The results show that a total of 32 peer-reviewed research papers were published in 10 prestigious journals.

China's Economic Growth and Innovation in Globalization

The purpose of this chapter is to investigate the potential long-term effects of contemporary globalization on the Chinese economy and innovation in an era of global hypercompetition. Globalization today is basically accepted as the process that removes geographical boundaries and enables the economic integration and interdependence of national economies into the international economy through trade, foreign direct investment, migration, and capital flows. Since productivity remains the critical determinant of long-term national growth and prosperity, the effects of today's globalism on productivity demands the need for business organizations in particular to sustain a competitive advantage and to remain profitable over time. Based on an integrative literature review, this chapter explores why China must continue to develop its innovation capabilities as well as to provide opportunities for foreign businesses over the long-term via responsible economic development that also benefits the nation's domestic population.

Connecting One Belt One Road Countries via Wireless Sensor Network

The economy of China grows rapidly due to the advent of wireless networks. The networks provide connection between nodes (sensors, gateways, systems, people, etc.) for data transmission and communication seamlessly. This is a crucial element to achieve sustainable economics. It is worth mentioning that wireless communication is the optimal solution compared with wired communication given the fact that China has a huge land area and the largest population in the world. Traditional wireless technologies like 4G, Bluetooth, ZigBee, ISA 100.11a, and WirelessHART have been well addressed in literature. In this chapter, the focus is moved to 5G, LoRa, IEEE 802.11 af, ah, ax, and ay. Selected applications health monitoring, toxic gas monitoring, connected target coverage problem, and mobile crowd sensing are discussed in detail. Geographic routing, wireless charging, and wireless coexistence are challenging issues that need to be addressed in the near future.

Doing Business in China

This chapter examines how the intersection of economy, politics, law, and culture in contemporary China influences the choices and alternatives of EU businesses seeking to invest in China. Although China recorded a tremendous growth of its trade volume with other countries, the institutional and regulatory frameworks of the Chinese economy have proven to be at least challenging to EU businesses. In fact, several disputes have arisen and many of them have been dealt with in the WTO Dispute Settlement Body. The chapter elaborates on one of them to explain in which ways China may not be the easiest place to conduct business.

An Analysis of China's International Competitiveness

The criteria used in measuring the competition the country level, determined by the International Management Development Center in the World Competitiveness Report, are economic performance, government efficiency, business efficiency, and infrastructure. The international competitiveness of China, which is claimed to be some position with the United States in the world market in 2050, has been evaluated in this study, based on IMD competitiveness criteria. China has great progress in development through major changing strategies, methods, and reforms over the last 70 years. According to the international competition report, its rank is 13th in the international competition. The reason for China's capability on international competitiveness and its impact on the world economy is based on the fact that it combines cheap labor with the liberalization in foreign trade and foreign direct investment.

One Belt One Road

This chapter starts with the need for infrastructure investment in One Belt One Road (OBOR) countries. By employing a simple linear regression analysis, it is evident that massive infrastructure could lead to an improved wellbeing of member countries. The chapter also highlights the current state of infrastructure investment levels of participating countries. The evidence shows that most member countries lack quality infrastructure levels. The concluding part of the chapter explores economic integration among member countries. Through network analysis, it is evident that though member countries are gradually being integrated, such integration is at a slower rate than expected. Massive investment in infrastructure in China and by extension the countries along the Belt and Road would not only provide financial gains to business partners but would as well lead to an improved wellbeing of countries in the initiative. This provides an opportunity for both domestic and foreign businesses to consider massive investment in infrastructure in China, which is at the center of the initiative.

OBOR

One Belt One Road (OBOR) first declared by the China's President is believed by some to be a new hope and a new horizon for a number of developing countries. OBOR has been viewed as a new challenging proposal and as an ice breaking for the decades-long stagnant infrastructure in Indonesia, the largest economic region in Association Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). This chapter is an update on OBOR's recent development in Indonesian which also coincidentally was declared as a new maritime-axis when new reform government has taken into power since 2014. Many views have been released, pro-contra has been severely dispatched into two separate blocks of Indonesian experts in two standpoints, one to support and the other to challenge involving Indonesia in the OBOR. This chapter has been thoroughly analyzed by mining information and data from big data sources, combined with semi-structured interviews of various executives and contractors.